so, unfortunately i didn't actually listen to the report, but as someone who did read m/m fic from about the age of 12, i can say i did read ratings. of course, there was always the titillating intrigue of a fic involving sex... but i know that some things i chose to stay away from (perhaps because so much of it was available?).
however, by now (i am in my 20s), i have read my fair share of m/m porn (as well as much other, well-written stuff!) and i am sure this has somehow influenced my "emergent female sexuality." i am not quite sure how. (het sex seems somehow less romantic, less a partnering of equals i guess? and of course RL sex is always less epic than in fiction! so perhaps we equate f/m sex as less epic than m/m sex?)
i actually haven't seen anything else written about this subject, and would be quite curious to read about it. thanks for remembering us younguns (though i don't think i, or most 12 year olds, were/are all that innocent...)
perhaps the best thing the internet can offer young female readers is not protection from smut, necessarily, but stories about strong women, who respect their bodies, and have pretty great sex? what first pops to mind is samdonne's stuff, but i'm sure there's other stuff out there, it's just that the m/m stuff seems to dominate in the well-written category (or is that just my focus?)
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so, unfortunately i didn't actually listen to the report, but as someone who did read m/m fic from about the age of 12, i can say i did read ratings. of course, there was always the titillating intrigue of a fic involving sex... but i know that some things i chose to stay away from (perhaps because so much of it was available?).
however, by now (i am in my 20s), i have read my fair share of m/m porn (as well as much other, well-written stuff!) and i am sure this has somehow influenced my "emergent female sexuality." i am not quite sure how. (het sex seems somehow less romantic, less a partnering of equals i guess? and of course RL sex is always less epic than in fiction! so perhaps we equate f/m sex as less epic than m/m sex?)
i actually haven't seen anything else written about this subject, and would be quite curious to read about it. thanks for remembering us younguns (though i don't think i, or most 12 year olds, were/are all that innocent...)
perhaps the best thing the internet can offer young female readers is not protection from smut, necessarily, but stories about strong women, who respect their bodies, and have pretty great sex? what first pops to mind is samdonne's stuff, but i'm sure there's other stuff out there, it's just that the m/m stuff seems to dominate in the well-written category (or is that just my focus?)
just my two cents!
ll.